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The Perils of Perfectionism Part 3: Sonnets 116 and 30

By on October 21, 2012 in literature, Social Commentary

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the untimely death of Shyria Shah, the Nepali-Canadian woman who died descending Mount Everest. In Part 2, I posted a video of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the body-builder turned politician. He disparaged poetry in a speech inaugurating his think tank at the University of Southern California. In this, Part [...]

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The Perils of Perfectionism Part 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger

By on October 15, 2012 in Social Commentary

I’m going to open here with two videos, one from Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California, and another from Sir Ken Robinson, a British creativity expert now living in the same state. What does Arnold Schwarzenegger have to do with perfectionism? I think we can all agree that Arnie is someone who reaches for [...]

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